Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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6/20......................................................6/16.......................Monthly Information
6/20......................................................6/16.......................Monthly Information
As time goes on, I will link all of the sections to lengthy background essays. This will take a while. In the meantime, take a look, read the introduction, and think about all of the questions that emerge from even a quick look at the calendar.
十
九
五期星
Sixth Month, Nineteenth Day
Astral Period Five
Friday, June 19
Friday, June 19
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
天天月麒
醫喜德麟
Phoenix
醫喜德麟
Phoenix
Lunar Virtue
Heavenly Happiness
Heavenly Physician
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
凶凶凶
酉己丑
吉中凶
戌午寅
中吉中
亥未卯
中中吉
中吉中
亥未卯
中中吉
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Inauspicious
9:00-11:00 In-Between
11:00-13:00 Auspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Inauspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 In-Between
The hours above are for Hong Kong. It is up to you if you want to recalibrate or to assume that the cyclicality of the calendar "covers" the rest of the world. This is a greater interpretive challenge than you might think.
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Section Four
Activities to Avoid
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
忌
祈祭作修
福祀灶廚
Kitchen Repairs
Stove Work
Venerating Ancestors
Inquiring-into Fortune
祈祭作修
福祀灶廚
Kitchen Repairs
Stove Work
Venerating Ancestors
Inquiring-into Fortune
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
初
四
丙
寅
火
牛
四
丙
寅
火
牛
成
Fourth Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Fourth Day (Fifth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: bingyin (3/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Ox (9/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Decide (9/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
上開納入
樑市采學
修交嫁會
倉易娶友
納修裁出
畜造衣行
安動醫訂
葬土病婚
忌歸
陽大白四
將煞虎祥不
樑市采學
修交嫁會
倉易娶友
納修裁出
畜造衣行
安動醫訂
葬土病婚
忌歸
陽大白四
將煞虎祥不
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Appropriate Activities
Entering Study
Meeting Friends
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Engagements
Grain Payments
Marriage Alliances
Cutting-out Clothing
Physician Visits
Opening Markets
Trade and Commerce
Repairing and Building
Moving Soil
Raising Beams
Repairing Granaries
Livestock Payments
Positioning Graves
Return Taboo
Appropriate Activities
Entering Study
Meeting Friends
Going Out (and about)
Marriage Engagements
Grain Payments
Marriage Alliances
Cutting-out Clothing
Physician Visits
Opening Markets
Trade and Commerce
Repairing and Building
Moving Soil
Raising Beams
Repairing Granaries
Livestock Payments
Positioning Graves
Return Taboo
Baleful Astral Influences
Four Fortune-Nots
White Tiger
Great Balefulness
Yang General
White Tiger
Great Balefulness
Yang General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
丫 水
Bifurcation, Water
丫 水
Bifurcation, Water
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Section Eight
Furnace, Stove, Kitchen
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